Lewis Hamilton stripped of Pole!

[ralphee]

Just read this, apparently the FIA call foul on the car not being returned to the pits, under its own steam?
As it reads in the rules, 1.3 ltrs of fuel have to be extracted for examination, this as i read it only left .03 of a ltr in the car, hence, not enough to return to the box, and illegal.
Hamilton now starts from the back of the grid!!!!!

Is this another Whitmarsh cock up,or is it me? Seems Mclaren want to do nothing but throw Championship points away lately.

Anyways, come on Kimi, get in there son, show these FIA fools and there greasy tyres ruling how its done, seems this FIA want nothing but precession races, really not digging the tyres this year, ridiculous!

lee

[wes j.]

Gutted for Lewis but it should make for a great show. Loving the season so far .

[terry.sc]

Originally Posted by ralphee

Is this another Whitmarsh cock up,or is it me? Seems Mclaren want to do nothing but throw Championship points away lately.

The refueller turned the tap to drain instead of fill briefly, but the engineers had to send Hamilton out anyway as there wasn't time to sort it out, in the hope of dealing with the problem afterwards. Don't know how you can blame Whitmarsh for that but no doubt plenty will.

The irony is the rule was only changed after Hamilton stopped on track in Canada 2010 qualifying, to prevent cars being underfuelled and stopping just after the finish line in qualifying.

Although throwing him out of qualifying entirely is a new one, I guess McLaren was expecting to still be tenth at worst if they hadn't managed to argue their case.

[reg]

what about the other car that stopped on track,or was that a tec problem,

[DCM]

To be fair, he should of lost that lap time, not all his times, very unfair, typical FIA.

[bodgit]

Rules are rules and I would think McClaren would have wanted the same result if a red bull driver did the same. Trouble is now we have a potential disaster for Lewis as he will have to plough through a load of far slower cars without the help of the blue flag who will be fighting their own battle for positions. Fairness should have been a drop to 10th as he had already satisfied qualifying 1 and 2 rules.

[mdb_75]

A grid drop of five or ten places would've been more appropriate than what he's been given, he looked so pleased with how he had done too! Poor lad..

[Nas]

Lewis must be gutted!,him and his brother Nicolas looked so happy.

The FIA are a bunch of idiots, they have made Formula 1 too safe, racing should never be safe!,all the fun is about the danger and the excitement,now a days if someone touches someones front wing they get a penalty.They were idiots back in the 1990s (Senna's years) and there idiots now.

I have been watching formula 1 since i was like 5,and i remember it was more exciting back then!.

Having said that,this season is the best ever season for many years, I do hope red bull come out on top again with Sebastien ( that's just me being very German,sorry.)

Thanks.

[Nas]

Clearly i should be a Graphic designer! LOL.

Imaged copied from Google, Edited by Me as its a family forum.!

[matthew]

Your right there lol,
I am gutted for lewis he doesn't have much luck with the bloody stewards , I was well happy when he bagged pole infact I shouted so loud I made my nan jump and she was out our conservatory which is about 25 meters away from the tv room , it is a shame as it would of been the first win of the season for him IMO, I just hope he can fight his way through the field and finish in a respectable position as he deserves......

[DCM]

The way I see it, it is a team effort, the team made a mistake, so the team pay, but I do think that the penalty should of been to lose that lap, as by cancelling his total Q period, that is saying that they ran the car light ALL the session.

DC tweeted last night that one lap of fuel was 0.1s extra, not 0.57 of a second.

[CHEVY]

BET IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN TO THE GERMANS


AS USUAL KICK THE BRITS

[Nas]

Its nothing to do with nationality!

[CHEVY]

Everybody has there own opinion

[ralphee]

To think race, or nationality influences these decisions, takes a very narrow, and simple mind.
This is a ruling by the FIA, and im sure Kobayashi, would have had the same penalty had his car been deemed to be too light of fuel, rather than a technical problem.

Im still out on this season, the tyres are bugging me, if anything, there killing the racing, for instance, Kimi hounding down Vettel the other week, relatively new tyres, but push to hard to catch the guy in front, the precession still reigns, as you have shot your bolt in catching said guy in front.

Therefore, we see no real contest into corners unless its a false DRS pass off the main straight, as i said, im not sold this season.

In any case, im a Mclaren supporter sinc i was very young, but today, think i fancy a Lotus, mainly Kimi, he's working hard for it IMO.

lee

[bodgit]

just for anyone watching the race now take a look on the bbc website. The onboard camera's are great viewing.

[Nas]

Or for people on Sky sports,press the red button for all the on board action.

[bodgit]

Another great mix up for the results. Great season so far.

[knighthawk]

Lewis for the man of the day !!

Only one of 2 driver's to do a 2 stop strategy and make it work and still be racing at the end of the GP

And for a man known for being hard on his tyres

Well done Lewis, role on Monaco

[Nas]

If anyone is still watching there has been a MASSIVE fire in the Williams garage,all mechanics from all team trying to keep it under control,a couple of people rushed to hospital.